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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stood
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stood empty
▪ The building stood empty for several years.
stood erect
▪ Martin stood erect on the platform.
stood idle
▪ The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic.
stood on the doorstep
▪ He stood on the doorstep, straightening his tie.
stood on tiptoe
▪ She stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
stood still
▪ We stood still and watched as the deer came closer.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be stood on its head
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stood

Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stood (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Standing.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[*a], Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand, sth^nai to stand, Skr. sth[=a]. [root]163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder, Solstice, Stable, a. & n., Staff, Stage, Stall, n., Stamen, Stanchion, Stanza, State, n., Statute, Stead, Steed, Stool, Stud of horses, Substance, System.]

  1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as:

    1. To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. ``I pray you all, stand up!''
      --Shak.

    2. To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.

      It stands as it were to the ground yglued.
      --Chaucer.

      The ruined wall Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.
      --Byron.

  2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.

    Wite ye not where there stands a little town?
    --Chaucer.

  3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

    I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name.
    --Dryden.

    The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
    --Matt. ii. 9.

  4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.

    My mind on its own center stands unmoved.
    --Dryden.

  5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

    Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall.
    --Spectator.

  6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. ``The standing pattern of their imitation.''
    --South.

    The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life.
    --Esther viii. 11.

  7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.

    We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment.
    --Latimer.

  8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.

  9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. ``Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks.''
    --Heb. ix.

  10. Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.
    --Dryden.

    Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.
    --Sir W. Scott.

    10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

    Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what may stand with honor.
    --Massinger.

  11. (Naut.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.

    From the same parts of heaven his navy stands.
    --Dryden.

  12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.

    He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university.
    --Walton.

  13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

    Or the black water of Pomptina stands.
    --Dryden.

  14. To measure when erect on the feet.

    Six feet two, as I think, he stands.
    --Tennyson.

  15. (Law)

    1. To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
      --Bouvier.

    2. To appear in court.
      --Burrill.

  16. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt. Stand by (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to Be ready. To stand against, to oppose; to resist. To stand by.

    1. To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.

    2. To be aside; to be set aside with disregard. ``In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected.''
      --Dr. H. More.

    3. To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party.

    4. To rest on for support; to be supported by.
      --Whitgift.

    5. To remain as a spectator, and take no part in an action; as, we can't just stand idly by while people are being killed. To stand corrected, to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact; to admit having been in error. --Wycherley. To stand fast, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable. To stand firmly on, to be satisfied or convinced of. ``Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty.'' --Shak. To stand for.

      1. To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend. ``I stand wholly for you.''
        --Shak.

      2. To be in the place of; to be the substitute or representative of; to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing. ``I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another.''
        --Locke.

      3. To tolerate; as, I won't stand for any delay. To stand in, to cost. ``The same standeth them in much less cost.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. --Burke. To stand in hand, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. To stand off.

        1. To keep at a distance.

        2. Not to comply.

        3. To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance.

      4. To appear prominent; to have relief. ``Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved.'' --Sir H. Wotton. To stand off and on (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. To stand on (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. To stand out.

        1. To project; to be prominent. ``Their eyes stand out with fatness.''
          --Psalm lxxiii. 7.

        2. To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede. His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church. --Shak. To stand to.

          1. To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. ``Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars.''
            --Dryden.

          2. To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. ``I will stand to it, that this is his sense.''
            --Bp. Stillingfleet.

        3. To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contract, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word.

        4. Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. ``Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away.''
          --Bacon.

      5. To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so; same as stand with, below .

    6. To support; to uphold. ``Stand to me in this cause.'' --Shak. To stand together, to be consistent; to agree. To stand to reason to be reasonable; to be expected. To stand to sea (Naut.), to direct the course from land. To stand under, to undergo; to withstand. --Shak. To stand up.

      1. To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.

      2. To arise in order to speak or act. ``Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed.''
        --Acts xxv. 18.

      3. To rise and stand on end, as the hair.

      4. To put one's self in opposition; to contend. ``Once we stood up about the corn.'' --Shak. To stand up for, to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration. To stand upon.

        1. To concern; to interest.

        2. To value; to esteem. ``We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth.''
          --Ray.

        3. To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony.

        4. To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] ``So I stood upon him, and slew him.''
          --2 Sam. i. 10.

          To stand with, to be consistent with. ``It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally.''
          --Sir J. Davies.

Stood

Stood \Stood\, imp. & p. p. of Stand.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stood

past tense and past participle of stand (v.).

Wiktionary
stood

vb. (en-paststand)

WordNet
stand
  1. n. a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal]

  2. the position where a thing or person stands

  3. a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"

  4. a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"

  5. a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" [syn: rack]

  6. an interruption of normal activity [syn: standstill, tie-up]

  7. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" [syn: point of view, viewpoint, standpoint]

  8. a booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: stall, sales booth]

  9. a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"

  10. tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) [syn: stands]

  11. a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air [syn: bandstand, outdoor stage]

  12. a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"

  13. [also: stood]

stand
  1. v. be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!" [syn: stand up] [ant: sit, lie]

  2. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

  3. occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground"

  4. hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!" [syn: remain firm] [ant: yield]

  5. have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"

  6. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]

  7. remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"

  8. be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"

  9. be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"

  10. put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" [syn: stand up, place upright]

  11. withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, fend]

  12. be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"

  13. [also: stood]

stood

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Usage examples of "stood".

Behind her the French doors stood open, as did the main doors across the office and presumably the front door beyond the foyer, admitting whatever breeze might be found.

Pennyworth told me how Avis listened behind that door on my first visit here, and I saw this time that it stood ajar.

Selby sat beside her, primly buttoned in contrast, but Avis stood naked before them, all her clothing thrown over a nearby couch.

George and Van Deef stood just outside the closed office door and watched the scurrying workers.

Van Deef, Peavis and Pim stood awaiting them, the guardscaptain in his maroon uniform, Peavis in a nondescript summer dress, Pim nude as the others.

He looked from her to Astoria, who stood holding the now quieter girl.

It probably took me a full five minutes just to get them up in my arms -- how will I ever drag them to the pink, I wondered -- but I finally stood before the gate, holding both women up under their bubbies.

He stood holding her for a long while after her body had fallen quiet, her head on his shoulder.

Four men stood, two on either side of the table, holding my arms and legs immobile.

He stood in stocking feet and undid the breech buttons as she untied the legging laces.

She stood up, taking his booted foot between her legs, toe tip upon her bottom, and backed away, releasing the boot haphazardly.

Ethel stood naked and scrawny before them, coughing into a retained cloth, shivering despite the close heat of all their bodies.

Fargus Morgan came forward gingerly until he stood directly behind the straining man.

He stood Gertrude behind Ethel and issued similar instructions, suggesting that she take support from Ethel.

The headmistress herself and two disciplinarians, including the feared Evelyn Waugh, stood along the shuffling line of women, hurrying it forward.